mexico's+enemies

Mexico’s Historical Enemies **Nowadays people say Mexico is basically a neutral country, meaning they don’t get involved in foreign affairs.** But Mexico wasn’t always like that. They have had many wars and many enemies, and some of those weren’t just with other countries.

**Mexico’s first main enemy would have to be the Spanish.** At first the Aztecs and other tribes thought the Spanish gods and welcomed them. But when Cortez and his men started killing some of their people, the Aztecs became suspicious. Their fears were confirmed when the Spanish made war on the Aztecs and conquered them, and also killed their ruler Montezuma. The Spanish ruled over Mexico for 300 years following that, and it was a hard and bitter time for the “Mexicans”. They did not want to be ruled by the Spanish anymore, and so the Spanish became enemies.

**Mexico’s next enemy was one of its own states, Texas.** Texas was mainly populated by Americans who were tired of Mexican control, who also decided to declare their Independence, which caused a revolution to begin. The Mexicans ended up losing, and for nine years would not accept that the Texans had won, making Texas their enemy.

**The next major enemy was America, because of two main reasons.** One was that America had taken Texas in as a state, which made Mexico very mad. The other was because of the American idea of Manifest Destiny. The fact that the U.S. wanted the Mexicans’ land did not sit well with them. So war broke out between Mexico and the U.S., and Mexico lost, having to give most of its land to the U.S. The Mexicans were of course angry and during that time the United States were their enemy.

**The only other country to become Mexico’s enemy was France, in 1862.** Napoleon III of France conquered Mexico, and the two countries fought for power of the land. Finally, the United States drove the French out of Mexico and The Mexicans took over the government again.

**The last enemy the Mexicans had was their OWN government (still an enemy to many Mexicans today).** Over the last 150 years, the Mexican government has had its hardships and troubles. Many Mexicans have rebelled against the government at one point. But they are working on it, and who knows? They’re government might become a wonderful, fair government, with time.